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TemptedJanuary 28, 2012

Don’t know how this managed to be as boring as it was. So promising. The main card sucked compared to the prelims. Sonnen vs Bitchping sucked, Evans vs Davis sucked, Maia vs Weidman really sucked. When the stadium boos more than they cheer the entire night you know the fights sucked.

man awesome fight!! so stoked to see rashad get the W. he did look dissapointed he couldnt finish, but thats expected when you have two top guys goin at it. but props to davis he showed alot of heart and hung in there. i hope to see him improve after this . But now its time for that Jones Evans and thats gonna be EPIC!!

Good job Rashad, showed the young buck that you’re just on a different level of ability. I still want to see BOTH these contenders mix it up against the Champion. Then I want to see Jon Jones go up in weight and test his abilities like Champion Silva does!

Davis is a tough dude, but he was outclassed here. Rashad looked really good (I know a lot of people will say this is a boring fight, but it was a very frenetic fight, actually.) and both of them showed amazing conditioning.
Rashad completely dominated Davis on the stand up and bullied him on the ground (2 crucifixes!!).
The only question now is, can he do the same against an even taller, faster, and stronger fighter with 10x the striking skills if compared to Davis?

The main fights were a snoozefest. Davis is way overhyped because of his wrestling accolades. Rashad had the edge in experience. Either one will NOT fare well in the Boneyard with Jones. I give a pass to Weideman for taking his fight with 11 days notice though.

I’m very fond of Davis and now feeling upset. He seems to lack aggression and killer instinct, not sure if one can develop that by trainning and it is sad, because the guy is a freak of nature and has all the potential in the world.. I don’t know what to think about his future either, perhaps he will remain the best of the non-the best group or something like that? Sad

yeah I agree cigronne…he doesn’t have that aggressive speed and murderous intent. His striking did not look heavy and his kicks were slow. And getting caught in the crucifix twice was embarrassing after all that smack talk back n forth.
I was even saying to my friends before the fight that he doesn’t even really seem like a ‘fighter’ more like a really well conditioned super athlete thats just competing. Sometimes thats not enough.

Davis would be many times better if he went to a pure boxing gym and a world-class kickboxing gym. They definitely have boxing gyms in San Diego and the LA area has one of the best kickboxing gyms in the world; if it’s still there.